Refugees, staff, and partners solving challenges together
UNHCR is piloting a crowdsourcing platform, UNHCR Ideas, to generate ideas from refugee communities, UNHCR staff, and partners. These ideas are voted on and vetted by the online community, end-users (refugees), and experts, and then prototyped and tested in the field.
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UNHCR Divisions issue a challenge.
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Refugees, UNHCR staff, and partners post solutions. Users rate, discuss, and even collaborate.
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A panel of experts from UNHCR and partner organizations selects the top ideas for practical implementation.
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The panel selects a winner. The chosen idea is prototyped, and tested.